Truly free but a bit overcomplicated I have been using VSDC video editor for years now. I'm free user, and free version has everything I ever needed. You can use vast choice of options and possibilities for even a pro editing. Downside, at least for me, is that this software is a bit too overcomplicated. Some ordinary operations require too much time and patience. You can easily get lost in dozens of icons, options, possibilities. All in all, it's good choice for free users that have enough patience to master this software.

It free and does great looking 4K videos I am impressed that I have the ability to create professional scenes and text features from my holiday videos with great effects from my DJI 4K video log clips and luts. My preview video playback began to lag and this was solved by working with proxy files. For system stability I keep my videos between 30 to 50 minutes. Exporting Videos MP3 - 4K - HVEC- STATS 1) Original 10 year old computer. XPS 8700 CPU 100%, 3-5FPS, High temps fans maxed out, Temps >50 Deg.c 2) Changed HDD to SSD, 16 to 32G Ram, added fans = CPU 100%, 3-5FPS, Temps around 40 Deg.C 3) Added GPU Nidia 1660 Super 6G. No Change. 4) Paid $44 for VSDC Pro version that enable hardware accelerator. 5) for 4K video at max HEVC = CPU 20%, GPU = 40% Temp normal, 30FPS which matches the video duration. Hence around 6 times faster than original set up and less temp stress on CPU.

Here we go again Here we go again. 1 short video recorded on a bridge camera. 1 small section removed. Cannot export in usable format as "you have used hardware acceleration" (I have no idea what that means) & need to buy the PRO version. I downloaded VSDC FREE video editor to do this simple video edit & am absolutely not encouraged to buy it because of this catch 22 - if it had worked, that might well have been different.

VDSC is a Competent editor VDSC is a Competent editor. Put some time in to learn it, and you will be happy with what you can create. My background is Broadcast TV and Radio. For being free with an upgrade it is a feature rich editor that put a full palate of creativity at your fingertips. You will put in some time, and watch some tutorials to learn it. In the end you will be rewarded for your effort.

I'm not a regular video editor I'm not a regular video editor. I found this so cumbersome to use - even somehting simple like changing the duration of images in a video wasn't straight forward and intuitive. It did allow me to upload more files than the other one that currently comes with windows but it's not user friendly at all in my opinion.